How long will September 11 serve as a rationale for war?

[undeterred]

We've already established that it justifies occupation of countries other than Saudi Arabia.

[Stinky The Clown]

1. It will last until we who lived through it are dead

[Junkdrawer]

2. As long as the myth survives unexamined. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. For how long did Decemer 7th serve to justify a war?

As long as the war officially was on...

[dflprincess]

11. Less than 4 years

until VJ Day, August 15, 1945.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. And that is my point

this will be the casus belli until this war is over.

[dflprincess]

23. It appears the war on "terra" is never ending.

[laughingliberal]

4. Other-It will last til we find the next good excuse. nt

[peace frog]

5. For as long as it works

When invoking 9/11 fails to sway the masses, it will be abandoned. Until then..

[valerief]

6. Until someone remembers that 9/11/54 was the first Miss America Pageant on teevee. nt

[branders seine]

7. It has never been used to respond meaningfully to the actual CAUSES of 9-11,

so it is already a magic "war! killing!" wild card.

[undeterred]

14. Ding Ding Ding

Winner! :applause:

[QC]

8. As long as there's big money in war. n/t

[dana_b]

9. remember the Alamo!!

oh, sorry... wrong war.

[DontTreadOnMe]

10. "Remember 9-11"

We should start putting this on our coins and paper money.

And national monuments too.

Can we put in somewhere on the flag? In one of the red stripes, it will read better.

[tnlefty]

12. Other:

When it doesn't work well anymore and a new boogeyman needs to be constructed.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. For as long as the politicians and generals can sell it to a gullible people.

[saigon68]

16. Sell it to the Sheep and the Ignorant

[Libertas1776]

15. For as long as there remains a single spec of dust left on that chestnut

to dust off.

[Thickasabrick]

17. Better question - how many deaths equal the 3,000 9/11 deaths?

So far, we're at about 200,000 give or take civilian deaths. How many more until we're square.

[dflprincess]

18. But how could we ever forget..

The Maine?

Oh wait, Spain didn't really blow the ship up. Our bad.

[TicketyBoo]

19. I'm thinking

until there is absolute incontrovertible proof that Osama bin Laden is dead.

Maybe then we can wind things down.

[Ruby the Liberal]

20. As long as there are pipelines to be built in the middle east

and the MIC needs funding.

Then, we can retire it.

[phantom power]

21. until the next rationale comes along?

[katsy]

24. other

forever until the country goes broke and someone repossess the public airwaves.

[TexasObserver]

25. As long as there are warmongers who lack real reasons to go to war.

[Yukari Yakumo]

26. As long as the Taliban and/or Al Queda exists (and especially if they inch towards those nukes) {nt}